AAP president highlights benefits of perio classification system

Richard Kao, DDS, president of the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP), sat down with HuangshanDental.com at the recent Chicago Dental Society 2019 Midwinter Meeting to talk about the academy’s classification system for periodontal disease and the upcoming report on changing the gingival phenotype to prepare a patient for implants or orthodontics. The new classification system was introduced in 2018 when the Journal of Periodontology published the proceedings from the World

What is functional dentistry?

What in the world is functional this or functional that? The term functional medicine is being used throughout the alternative medicine community. And now, there is a new term on the block: functional dentistry. What if functional dentistry could identify the essential causes of dental diseases — once and for all? Intent The adjective functional in functional medicine and functional dentistry attempts to describe the intent of determining the most

Arbitration decision forces Invisalign stores to close

Medical device company Align Technology has announced that it will close its Invisalign stores after an arbitrator ruled that it violated its noncompete agreement with SmileDirectClub (SDC). The decision also prohibits Align Technology from providing certain services in physical retail establishments in connection with the marketing and sale of clear aligners. The arbitration began in April 2018, and the ruling was released on March 4. The first Invisalign stores opened

FDA commissioner resigns

Scott Gottlieb, MD, has resigned as the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Gottlieb has served as the FDA commissioner since May 2017. He will leave his current post sometime in the next month, according to a multiple published reports. In a tweet, U.S. President Donald Trump praised Dr. Gottlieb for his service, stating the commissioner’s talents will be greatly missed. During his tenure, Dr. Gottlieb took an aggressive

Negative stimuli may help prevent early childhood caries

What might motivate parents to take steps that could prevent early childhood caries (ECC)? To find out, researchers studied the emotional responses of mothers of 1-year-old children to visual stimuli and text related to the risks of developing dental caries. In this pilot study, investigators found that visual stimuli with negative pictorial and text warnings produced the strongest emotional responses. They identified stimuli that could be used in future motivational

The Difference Between All-on-4, All-on-6 and All-on-8 Dental Implants

What are All-on-4, All-on-6, and All-on-8 dental implants? They’re implants you can use to replace your missing teeth if you have most or all of your teeth missing. Dental implants are your permanent solution for tooth loss aside from using a bridge between two remaining natural teeth serving as its anchors. The implants serves as the anchors for the dental bridges that you can connect together to form a row or rows

Dental Implants at Thantakit Dental Center Explained

A dental implant is when you put metal frames or a post into the mouth, positioning them into the jawbone and tooth socket wherein your missing tooth used to be by means of surgery. This procedure entails the studies of dental surgery and dental prosthetics combined. It screws the implant tight unto the jawbone beneath your gums itself. Bone-grafting and gum-grafting might also be called for in case you lack a jawbone

What to Do When You Chipped a Tooth

You are spending time playing and biting ice inside your mouth when you noticed that there is something hard that did not break down. That hard material can be your chipped tooth. Chipping a tooth can result from different instances – using your teeth to open packages, eating hard foods, playing some physical sports and being hit in the face or mouth, falling, etc. The enamel is the hardest part

Restorative Dental Services at Thantakit International Dental Center in Bangkok

The Thantakit International Dental Center is the first dental clinic in Thailand to pioneer the dental implant treatment in 1973 and the Invisalign treatment in 2002. It is considered one of the oldest and most esteemed Bangkok dental centers. Housed in a 5-storey Central Bangkok building, Thantakit has been practicing the art of dentistry for more than half a century – 70 years to be exact. Thantakit International Dental Center employs sophisticated dental technology – such

All That You Should Know About Teething

Imagine your baby is smiling. Look at his lower gum. Are his pearly whites starting to make an appearance? If so, your baby is teething. Actually, teething begins when your baby is still inside the womb. During pregnancy, the baby starts to develop tooth buds, which are known to be the foundation of baby teeth. Healthy baby teeth – also called primary teeth, deciduous teeth, or milk teeth – aid

All You Need to Know About Tooth Decay in Children

Have you ever wondered why your child loves sweets so much? Adults and children have the same number of taste buds but a child’s tongue is a lot smaller. This means that the taste of sweets is magnified multiple times to children. The Tooth Decay Process Sugars are the food of the bacteria inside your child’s mouth. When bacteria overstayed in your child’s mouth, it will become a plaque. It

Dentsply Sirona CEO looks to build on innovation

Dentsply Sirona CEO Donald M. Casey Jr. is excited about continuing to change the company’s culture to focus on the needs of dental practices. “We are building innovation and focusing on the customer,” Casey told HuangshanDental.com at the Chicago Dental Society 2019 Midwinter Meeting. Casey was named CEO only weeks before the 2018 Midwinter Meeting. He sat down to review his first year as CEO and to look forward to